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Hinnom valley

A depression just west of Jerusalem where children were sacrificed in idolatrous rites (Jer. 7: 31), though forbidden by Josiah (2 Kgs. 23: 10). The Hebrew Gehenna (= ‘valley of Hinnon’) came to mean hell (Mark 9: 43, NRSV and REB; ‘Gehenna’ in NRSV marg.).